Title:

Haskell Shanks waving as he is discharged from Sinai Hospital of Detroit

Creator:

Sinai Hospital of Detroit

Date:

18 September 1971

Description:

Shanks was the first patient to be discharged to home with a left ventricular assist device intended to remain permanently in the body.

Rights:

Courtesy of Sinai Hospital of Detroit.

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Genre:

Photographic prints

Subject:

Heart Ventricles and Heart-Assist Devices

Format:

Still Image

Extent:

1 pages

Relation:

Adrian Kantrowitz at a press conference following Haskell Shanks discharge from the Sinai Hospital of Detroit, 1971

Legacy ID:

GNBBGY

NLM ID:

101584941X98

Profiles Collection:

The Adrian Kantrowitz Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584941X98

Story Section:

Further Innovations in Diastolic Augmentation, 1968-2008